Hi 👋! I'm
Dan Dascalescu, a former software engineer at
Google, and the co-founder of
Blueseed, the startup ship for entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley's international waters. Previously, I founded the
Quantified Self Forum, worked in software localization at
Yahoo! and in satellite communications in Belgium. I have a degree in Computer Science from the
University of Galați, Romania.
Interests: slow travel,
transhumanism, social psychology,
life extension, fitness, improv comedy, self-improvement and the Quantified Self movement, emerging technologies (nano-bio-info-cogno), entrepreneurship, philosophy (ethics, atheism), critical thinking, behavioral economics, web development, open source software development, seasteading, digital rights, knowledge management, film, literature (mostly non-fiction), public speaking (Toastmasters), market research, humor, photography, travel, writing, debate, thought experiments, rock climbing, cooking (or
avoiding it). Occasionally: camping, hiking, swimming, skiing, rafting, sky diving, ziplining, spelunking.
This user has been on Wikipedia for 19 years, 4 months and 29 days.
I've been a Wikipedia editor since 2005. I started with correcting typos and fighting spam and vandalism, then I gradually moved to researching references, creating sections and new articles. Here is the
list of my contributions.
Restrictions on geographic data in China (2015-Apr-06) - because no Chinese GPS user bothered to clearly explain on Wikipedia the obscure but pervasive problem caused by GCJ-02
Tencent Maps (2015-Apr-05) - another Chinese map provider that shows everything in the world but China as unexplored #culturefail
Baidu Maps (2015-Apr-05) - Chinese map provider that shows everything in the world but China as unexplored, but has highly detailed
SimCity-like pixel art renderings for major Chinese cities
Google barges (2013-Oct-30) - four mysterious barges, two of which had superstructures that some thought would be used as data centers or
Google Glass
BAM Energy Group (2013-Jun-30) - company that installed the largest array of solar panels on a cruise ship. (
mirror)
DTS_(sound_system)#Play-Fi -
2017-Apr-12 because none of users of the multi-billion dollar wireless audio industry bothered to write about the open Play-Fi standard on Wikipedia (but of course, we have
Sonos)
I am a member of the
Atheism WikiProject. WikiProject Atheism is an attempt to improve, grow and organize Wikipedia's articles related to
atheism. We need all your help, so feel free to
join us.
This user believes in
materialism, the belief that everything that exists is made of
matter.
The motto of the AIW is conservata veritate, which translates to "with the preserved truth".
This motto reflects the inclusionist desire to change Wikipedia only when no knowledge would be lost as a result.
Hi 👋! I'm
Dan Dascalescu, a former software engineer at
Google, and the co-founder of
Blueseed, the startup ship for entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley's international waters. Previously, I founded the
Quantified Self Forum, worked in software localization at
Yahoo! and in satellite communications in Belgium. I have a degree in Computer Science from the
University of Galați, Romania.
Interests: slow travel,
transhumanism, social psychology,
life extension, fitness, improv comedy, self-improvement and the Quantified Self movement, emerging technologies (nano-bio-info-cogno), entrepreneurship, philosophy (ethics, atheism), critical thinking, behavioral economics, web development, open source software development, seasteading, digital rights, knowledge management, film, literature (mostly non-fiction), public speaking (Toastmasters), market research, humor, photography, travel, writing, debate, thought experiments, rock climbing, cooking (or
avoiding it). Occasionally: camping, hiking, swimming, skiing, rafting, sky diving, ziplining, spelunking.
This user has been on Wikipedia for 19 years, 4 months and 29 days.
I've been a Wikipedia editor since 2005. I started with correcting typos and fighting spam and vandalism, then I gradually moved to researching references, creating sections and new articles. Here is the
list of my contributions.
Restrictions on geographic data in China (2015-Apr-06) - because no Chinese GPS user bothered to clearly explain on Wikipedia the obscure but pervasive problem caused by GCJ-02
Tencent Maps (2015-Apr-05) - another Chinese map provider that shows everything in the world but China as unexplored #culturefail
Baidu Maps (2015-Apr-05) - Chinese map provider that shows everything in the world but China as unexplored, but has highly detailed
SimCity-like pixel art renderings for major Chinese cities
Google barges (2013-Oct-30) - four mysterious barges, two of which had superstructures that some thought would be used as data centers or
Google Glass
BAM Energy Group (2013-Jun-30) - company that installed the largest array of solar panels on a cruise ship. (
mirror)
DTS_(sound_system)#Play-Fi -
2017-Apr-12 because none of users of the multi-billion dollar wireless audio industry bothered to write about the open Play-Fi standard on Wikipedia (but of course, we have
Sonos)
I am a member of the
Atheism WikiProject. WikiProject Atheism is an attempt to improve, grow and organize Wikipedia's articles related to
atheism. We need all your help, so feel free to
join us.
This user believes in
materialism, the belief that everything that exists is made of
matter.
The motto of the AIW is conservata veritate, which translates to "with the preserved truth".
This motto reflects the inclusionist desire to change Wikipedia only when no knowledge would be lost as a result.